SD Worx teammates Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) and Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) will line up for his or her respective international locations, aiming for repeat victories within the elite girls’s person time trial on September 20 and the street race on September 23 on the UEC Street Ecu Championships within the Netherlands.
The five-day match kicks off with the person time trials on Tuesday, the place Reusser strains up as a two-time protecting champion. The elite girls will whole one lap of a 29.5km circuit that begins at Wildlands Journey Zoo and thru Emmen.
“After all, it could be great if I will be able to make it a hat-trick by means of taking that Ecu name for the 3rd 12 months in a row. That may imply the sector to me. However at the start, I need to in finding the enjoyment again within the time trial,” Reusser mentioned.
“It isn’t the prettiest direction, as a result of a part of it takes position at the toll road. However it’s the place you’ll be able to broaden your talent as a natural time trialist. I can be at liberty if I will be able to in finding peace with the self-discipline and get a excellent outcome. As a result of my shape continues to be tremendous, despite the fact that.”
Reusser’s hopes of successful the sector name within the elite girls’s person time trial on the Glasgow Worlds in August ended mid-race after she eased up, stopped her experience, and sat down within the grass along with the street.
A time trial specialist, Reusser has earned the silver medal two times on the Global Championships in 2020 and 2021 however mentioned after the time trial in Glasgow that she used to be merely exhausted and wanted a damage from the busy racing season. “I am not a device,” she mentioned.
Reusser has had a a hit season the place she has received Gent-Wevelgem, and total titles at Itzulia Girls and Excursion de Suisse. She additionally received the final time trial on the Excursion de France Femmes, the place she performed a the most important function in her teammate Demi Vollering’s total victory. She additionally helped Switzerland win the Blended Group Time Trial Relay international name in Glasgow.
“I wanted a damage,” she mentioned. “It used to be bizarre what took place [at Glasgow Worlds]. I did not see it coming, however I realized so much from it.
After taking a couple of weeks clear of racing, Reusser returned on the GP de Plouay and Excursion de Romandie, the place she completed 3rd total at the back of name winner Vollering and runner-up Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).
Reusser might be up towards Dutch champion Riejanne Markus (Netherlands), Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) and Worlds bronze medallist Christina Schweinberger (Austria).
Wiebes might be up towards a robust box within the elite girls’s street race that might be held alongside a 131.1km direction from Meppel to Col du VAM. The path features a 62km circuit and 5 laps (13.7km every) of a Col du VAM circuit.
Additionally completing off a a hit season, Wiebes has received 12 races, together with phases at UAE Excursion, Vuelta a Burgos, Giro Donne, Excursion de France Femmes, Excursion of Scandinavia and Simac Girls Excursion. She additionally received Ronde van Drenthe.
“It used to be a perfect 12 months on this gorgeous jersey. I’m taking a look ahead to protecting it. It’s further particular that the Ecu Championship takes position in my very own nation and that my friends and family can come and inspire me. This jersey gave me numerous motivation on coaching,” Wiebes mentioned.
“I’ve been taking a look ahead to the Ecu Championship within the Netherlands. I discover a direction there that are meant to swimsuit me. It’s relatively very similar to the Ronde van Drenthe. The brand new Dak van Drenthe with a bit of luck provides one thing further to the race. The end will have to swimsuit me most often, so I’m hoping I will be able to prolong my name as Ecu champion.”
Wiebes will line up with the tough Dutch workforce that still comprises Vollering, whilst different sturdy contenders are Kopecky (Belgium), Emma Norsgaard (Denmark), Liane Lippert (Germany), Anna Henderson (Nice Britain) and Elisa Balsamo (Italy).